Senior System Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

The Systems Engineering (SE) Directorate is the central focus for Mission Systems Integration activities within Raytheon, responsible for defining customer needs, functional and product architecture, requirements definition and decomposition, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), system performance, and System Security Engineering (SSE).

The Land Warfare and Missile Defense Systems (LWMDS) department oversees all aspects of Systems Engineering that drive the development of complex systems to support various Raytheon programs around the world. The LWMDS department supports Raytheon by cultivating a world-class group of systems thinkers who work together as a team to architect technical solutions to some of the world's toughest problems. Key technical domains include Radar Systems and Sensor Netting, Effector Systems, Battle Management, Command and Control, Communications, Network Design, Battlespace Integration, and Interoperability for Domestic and International customers.

The Senior Systems Engineer will be part of a Modeling and Simulation (M&S) team supporting the Open System Architecture Signal Injector (OSI) product. This role includes development and analysis of system and software requirements, development of complex mathematical algorithms, development of system architectures, and support to software and integration/test engineers.

This position is an Onsite role in Colorado Springs, CO.

What You Will Do

• Perform architecture and requirements development activities that define, characterize, develop and document MDS radar OSI M&S capabilities.
• Provide architectural framework updates, system-of-system functional and performance requirements, detailed algorithm descriptions, test scenario definition, and use verification approach.
• Conduct requirements analysis and benchmarking to verify algorithm designs, ensuring system-level performance aligns with operational systems.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of five (5) years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with Radar Systems or other related systems engineering experience to include Model Based System Engineering.
• Experience with radar signal processing, signal processing theory, and/or signal modeling.
• Experience with MATLAB (including object-oriented programming) and working on LINUX OS platforms.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Advanced Degree in STEM.
• Experience with radar system concepts; detection, discrimination, track and signal processing algorithms and their behaviors and performance.
• Experience with system level requirements development, documentation and maintenance and/or requirements development and design of system level software architecture.
• Experience with the development and coding of system models, algorithms, test vectors and evaluation tools in support of analyzing radar requirements and performance.
• Experience with developing, documenting and maintaining processes, methods and tools.
• Experience developing technical solutions to complex issues.
• Experience working with Python, C/C++, Java or DOORS.
• Experience with the software development process using Agile Methodologies and tooling, such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Documented experience showing analytic, technical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with MS Office Suite.
• Experience demonstrating your communication, technical writing, oral presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Previous experience interfacing with customers and leading technical solutions to complex user needs.
• Experience working alone and in a geographically distributed team environment.
• Experience working with other disciplines and communicating with all levels of the organization and stakeholders.

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
• Relocation Eligible – relocation assistance available for this position.